Bicycle brake and support.



No. 677,804. Patented July 2, 190|. J. SCHU-LTE, la.

' BICYCLE BRAKE AND SUPPORT.

(Application led Oct. 18, 1900.) (No Model.)

4 l l g' l 5 l l l 5 f 5 l 5 5 5 a 5 l 5 l l 5 5 i f l l 5 l l l 5 5 5 5 5 5 r 5 a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH SOI-IULTE, JR., OF MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO HENRY J. HENNEKER, OF SAME PLACE.

BICYCLE BRAKE AND SUPPORT.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 677,804, dated July 2,` 1901. Application led October 18, 1900. Serial No. 33,441. (Ncmodel.)

T0 @ZZ whom, t n'tcty concern.:

Beit known that I, JOSEPH SCHULTE, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Monterey, county of Monterey, State'of Calibicycles which serves the double purpose of a brake and as a support to retain the bicycle in an upright position when it is to be left alone.

It consists of the parts and the constructions and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure l is a side elevation of the rear part of a bicycle, showing my brake attached to it. Fig. 2 is a rear end View of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the rear leg of the support. Fig. 4 is a side View of the same. Fig. 5 shows the manner of locking the handle-bar to the top bar of the frame.

This device may be attached to any convenient portion of a bicycle-frame, so as to be within reach of the foot of the operator.

As illustrated in the present drawings, A is the lower rear fork of the bicycle-frame upon the side opposite to the driving sprocket or gear.

2 is a horizontal pivot-pin fixed to the l frame by a clamp 3 or in any other convenient manner, and this pin serves to support one angle of a frame 4, the bottom of which is of such shape as to carry the shoe 5. The opposite side of the frame extends upwardly to apoint above thelevcl of the frame-bar A and serves as or may carrya footpiece 6. 4

A spring 7, suitably attached, serves to raise this device, turning it about its pivot, as shown in dotted lines, so that normally the shoe 5 is out of contact with the ground and is preferably carried about as high from the ground as the lowest position of the pedals.

If it is desired to'checlc the speed of the machine, the foot is removed from the pedal and placed upon the part 6, which isthus pressed down until the shoe 5 comes in contact with the ground with any desired force progress of the machine.

This device also serves as a support for the machine when it is desired to leave it. For this purpose the vertical arm 4 may be made tubular and is slidable through acorrespondinglyshaped guide S, which is clamped upon the fork-bar A of the frame. `This slidable bar 4 has a spring-pressed lug 9 pivoted in a slot in one side and is normally pressed out by the spring l0, so that when it is pressed down in passing the clamp 8 it will be pressed in against the tension of the spring, and when it has passed below the clamp the spring forces it out, so that it kwill engage with a corresponding lug 11 on the clamp, and thus retain the bar in its depressed position and with the shoe resting upon the ground. In order to release this, the footpiece 6 is shown as being pivoted, as at 12, upon the top of the tube 4f, so that it may be tilted by the movement of the foot. A rod 13 is connected With this footpiece at one side or the other of the to either partially check or entirely stop the pivot 12 and upon its lower end carries-a wedge shaped piece 14, which is slidable within the tube whenever the footpiece 6 is tilted.

Connected with the pivot of the lug 9 is an arm l5, which extends out within the tube 4a and against which the springlO presses, so as to normally force the lug 9 outside of the tube through the slot in which it moves. When the wedge 14 is depressed, it engages this arm 15 and pushes it back against the tension of the spring 10, thus turning the pivot-pin 16, to which it and the lug 9 are at' fixed, and the lug 9 is thus drawn in until it is out ofline with the stop 11 on the guide-piece S. The spring 7 then acts toraise the frame, as previously described. It will be understood that this tilting frame may be guided either by the clamp 8, as described, or it may be made with a slotted arm, Which Will clasp the side fork A, or in any other suitable manner for the purpose.

When used as a support for the machine, it is desirable to lock the front or steering wheel to prevent its turning out of line. This is edected by means of a lever 18, which is fulerumed to the steering-head, so that it can be moved in a vertical plane. Upon the top bar of the frame are fixed lugs 19, with which this lever 1 8 can be made to engage when depressed, and thus prevent the Wheel from turning. When the machine is in use, the lever 1S is disengaged from the lugs 19 and is then turnable in unison with the steeringhead.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination Witha bicycle-frame of a pivoted turnable structure having a shoe adapted to contact with the ground, a footpiece turnable about the pivot-point of the structure to depress the shoe, and having an independent rocking movement,v a spring` latch connected with and movable in unison with the rocking footpiece, a catch with which itengages after the shoe has been brought into Contact With the ground, a releasing device and a returning-spring whereby the parts are caused to resume their normal position.

2. A structure pivoted to a bicycle-frame, a footpiece connected therewith, movable about ihe pivot-point, a shoe carried at the lower end of the structure and movable therewith so as to con tact with the ground by pressure upon the footpieoe, a latch engaging a fixed catch to retain the parts in position when the shoe rests upon the ground, and a disengaging device consisting ot' a tilting footpiece, a rod andwedge carried thereby adapted to disengage the latch and a spring -by which the parts are returned to their normal position. l

3. The combination with a bicycle-frame'of a structure havingone angle pivoted thereto,

a shoe carried upon the lower portion, a rocking footpiece movable about the pivotal point by which the shoe may be forced into contact `with the ground, a latch operated bythe rocklng movements of the )feotpieeev by which said shoe is locked in this position, and means whereby the front Wheel is prevented from turning While the machine is supported by the footpiece.

In Witness Whereot' I have hereunto set my hand. y

n JOSEPH SOHULTE, JR. Vitnesses:

S. H. NoURsn, e Jessie C. Bnonin. 

